Nail file and sheath therefor



\ O. ALTENBACH NAIL FILE AND SHEATH THEREFOR Dec. 8, 1931.

Filed Aug. 3, 1927 awuewtoz @gaW 33913 QMMMW Patented Dec. 8, 1931UNITED STATES OTTO ALTENBACH, oF ofiLIGs RHl'NELAND, GERMANY NAIL FILEAND SHEATH THEREFOR Application filed August 3,1927. Serial No. 210,263.

This invention relates to nail files and particularly to nail filesprovided with handles adapted to serve other related purposes and alsoto means for retaining protecting sheaths upon the blades of the files.

The objects of this invention and certain features of novelty residingin the particular embodiment disclosed herein by way of example, will beapparent from the the following description when taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification andin which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a nail file with a sheath in positionthereon;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the nail file with the sheath removedyandFig. 3 is a transverse section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1..

Referring more particularly to the drawings wherein like referencecharacters apply to like parts throughout the several figures, thenumeral 10 denotes the blade of a nail file and 11 the handle thereof.

In order that the handle may comfortably fit the hand of the user thesame is formed with a curved longitudinal groove; that is, if the stockof the handle is of uniform thickness, a transverse section at any pointalong its length will be concavo-convex in outline. The handle, as willbe readily apparent from the drawings, is well adapted to serve as ashoe horn and it is intended to be used for such purpose.

A sheath 12 of a flexible material provided r with a resilient bindingmember 13 for keepin g the sheath flat, is adapted to fit upon the bladeof the file to prevent the possibility of injury thereby. A flap 14 ofthe sheath extending beyond the ends of the binding member 13 isprovided with a member 15, preferably in the form of asnap buttonserving in conjunction with an aperture 1.6 in the file to secure thesheath in place.

The instrument, when used as a nail file, is convenient because of thecomfortable conmodifications and changes are contemplated and it isdesired that the invention be not regarded as limited except by theprior art I and the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A device of the kind described, comprising in combination, a nailfile and a sheath therefor, said file having an aperture therein, andsaid sheath being provided with a member adapted to enter and firmlyengage the interior circumferential walls of said aperture to retain thesheath in position.

2. A device of the kind described, comprising in combination, a nailfile, a sheath therefor, said file having an aperture therethru and asnap button on said sheath adapted to engage the interior edges of saidaperture to retain the sheath on the file.

3. A device of the kind described, comprising in combination, a nailfile provided with an aperture in the butt end of the blade thereof, anopen-ended closed-pocket sheath for said file, said sheath at its openend including a flexible tab, and a member on said tab adapted to engagethe edges of said aperture to retain said sheath in position.

4. The combination of a carrier comprising an elongated member havingone end portion thereof provided with a pocket and having a.compressible resilient head projecting from the other end portionthereof, and an instrument comprising an elongated, platelike bodyhaving one end portion thereof inserted into said pocket and having anopening in another portion thereof of less diameter than the normaldiameter of the head, said head extending through said opening and beingexposed beyond the outer surface of 5 said body, and the portion of saidbody provided with the opening extending outwardly beyond the endportion of said member provided With the head.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification this1st day of August 1927.

OTTO ,ALTENBACH.

